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Media tour of pad damagePosted: June 16, 2008

Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now

The news media was given a close-up tour of the pad damage on Monday. Credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight NowSEE EARLIER GALLERY HERE

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